Portuguese East African Trade

Name: Portuguese East African Trade
Start: 1540
End: 1549

Type Event Region East Africa Time 1540–1549

In the 1540s Portugal consolidated its trade network along the Swahili coast, establishing or strengthening forts and trading posts to control gold, …

Timeline

1540–1548Mozambique Island · MozambiquePortugal strengthened port and fortress construction on Mozambique Island as a supply and cargo relay station en route to India, purchasing gold, ivory, and other goods and organizing long-distance fleets.
1541–1549Mombasa · KenyaIn the 1540s Portugal launched multiple military operations against northern Swahili ports such as Mombasa to control trade, contending with local sultans and Ottoman-backed forces to consolidate its monopoly on western Indian Ocean sea lanes.

Sources

Mozambique Island https://www.britannica.com/place/Mozambique-Island
The Swahili Coast: Politics, Diplomacy and Trade on the East African Littoral, 1796-1856 — Jeremy Prestholdt (2008)